Sriracha Snack Mix

Updated December 2023:

I've made it with salt in past years and it was good, but added none this year and it was fine! Plenty salty because I used mostly pre-mixed snacks. 

If using the oven instead of the microwave, it's 30 minutes at 300, stirring every 10 minutes.

12 cups of cereal possibly including but not limited to Chex, Cheerios, Shreddies, Corn Pops, crunchy cheese sticks (like Cheetos)

1/2 cup of salted butter, melted

1 Tbsp Worchestershire sauce

1 Tbsp Sriracha

1 tsp seasoning salt

1 tsp garlic powder

Combine cereals in a very large bowl.

Melt butter, mix in remaining ingredients. Pour half of the butter mixture over the cereal mix, stir or toss, add remaining butter, stir again.

Microwave for 5 minutes, stirring every minute. 

Spread onto large baking sheet to cool.

Notes:

Options for snack mix ingredients:
Honeycomb cereal

pretzels

pre-mixed snack mix (Munchies, etc)

Cheezies crackers

corn nuts

peanuts

Goldfish crackers

bagel chips

Cooking Beans Without Soaking

Beans do not need to be soaked! I got permission here: https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/soaking-salting-dried-bean-myths-article

I find it much easier to throw everything in the pot and just let it simmer.

Grab a bag of beans and dump them in a large pot.

Add enough broth (chicken, beef, or vegetable) to cover the beans by about an inch. I generally do a box of stock and the same amount of water.

Add a chopped onion. 

This is also when you could add a little salt, but I'd advise against it as store-bought broth is loaded with salt. You could get creative and add taco seasoning or other herbs and spices.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, simmer until tender.